التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Plains lubber grasshopper (Brachystola magna) as a potential intermediate host for Oxyspirura petrowi in northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus). |
| المؤلفون: |
KISTLER, WHITNEY M., HOCK, SABRINA, HERNOUT, BEATRICE, BRAKE, EVAN, WILLIAMS, NIKKI, DOWNING, CARSON, DUNHAM, NICHOLAS R., KUMAR, NAVEEN, TURAGA, UDAY, PARLOS, JULIE A., KENDALL, RONALD J. |
| المصدر: |
Parasitology Open; 7/14/2016, Vol. 2, p1-8, 8p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
INVERTEBRATES as carriers of disease, BIRD parasites, GRASSHOPPERS, GALLIFORMES, PARASITE life cycles, NORTHERN bobwhite, ORTHOPTERA, DISEASES |
| مستخلص: |
Oxyspirura petrowi is a heteroxenous parasitic nematode that has been reported in high prevalences from birds in the Order Galliformes experiencing population declines in the USA. There is a paucity of information regarding the natural history O. petrowi, including the life cycle and effects of infection on wild bird populations. In order to study the life cycle of this parasite, we collected plains lubber grasshoppers (Brachystola magna) from a field location in Mitchell County, Texas. We found third-stage larvae (L3) in 37.9% (66/174) B. magna. We determined that they were O. petrowi through morphological comparison of L3 from experimentally infected Acheta domesticus and by sequence analysis. Then, we showed that B. magna are a potential intermediate hosts for O. petrowi infections in northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in a laboratory setting by experimental infection. We first detected shedding of eggs in feces using a fecal float technique 52 days post infection. In addition, we recovered 87 O. petrowi from experimentally infected northern bobwhites. Although we detected shedding in feces, recovery of eggs was low (>5 eggs/g). Future work is needed to understand shedding routes and shedding patterns of northern bobwhites infected with O. petrowi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
